| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | The act, an instance, or a means of avoiding: avoidance, circumvention, escape, evasion. See SEEK. | | VERB: | 1. To keep away from: avoid, burke, circumvent, dodge, duck, elude, escape, eschew, evade, get around, shun. Idioms: fight shy of, give a wide berth to, have no truck with, keep (or stay) (or steer) clear of. See SEEK. 2. To pass around but not through: circumnavigate, circumvent, detour, go around, skirt. See SEEK.
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